Comments on: Perfume Review: Amoureuse by Parfums DelRae http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/ A perfume blog about all things perfume - reviews, shopping, recommendations. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: angela brown http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-37996 angela brown Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:37:04 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-37996 Does anyone know where I can get a sample of Bois de Paradis to try before I buy? Does anyone know where I can get a sample of Bois de Paradis to try before I buy?

]]> By: Aromascope » Perfume Review: Ellie D Perfume http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-28253 Aromascope » Perfume Review: Ellie D Perfume Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:36:25 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-28253 [...] Roudnitska), has more than proven his mastery in such creations as Noir Epices by Frederic Malle, Amoureuse, Bois de Paradis, Debut, Eau Illuminee by Parfums DelRae. It comes as no surprise Ellie D is so [...] […] Roudnitska), has more than proven his mastery in such creations as Noir Epices by Frederic Malle, Amoureuse, Bois de Paradis, Debut, Eau Illuminee by Parfums DelRae. It comes as no surprise Ellie D is so […]

]]> By: Aromascope » Perfume Review: Cuir Amethyste by Armani Prive http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-28249 Aromascope » Perfume Review: Cuir Amethyste by Armani Prive Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:29:28 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-28249 [...] entranced by a perfume. Sure, I’ve had several olfactory love affairs recently - Orris Noir, Amoureuse, Paestum Rose, to name a few. We’re still seeing each other and are very much committed. [...] […] entranced by a perfume. Sure, I’ve had several olfactory love affairs recently - Orris Noir, Amoureuse, Paestum Rose, to name a few. We’re still seeing each other and are very much committed. […]

]]> By: Aromascope » Noir Epices by Frederic Malle http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1275 Aromascope » Noir Epices by Frederic Malle Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:05:45 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1275 [...] Noir Epices (Black Spices) is created by Michel Roudnitska, the perfumer behind my favorite Amoureuse. Noir Epices is all about spices, with a chypre effect. It features the notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, orange, geranium, sandalwood, patchouli. What I love about it in particular is that it’s defiant. It’s one of those scents others will be likely to get really put off by while you’ll feel honored and proud to be its wearer. Or rather it will wear you. Do not attempt to subdue it for it will not oblige. If fragrances came with warning labels as far as wearability, it would undoubtedly come with a “Wear at your own risk” label. Noir Epices opens up with a nosehair-burning blast of pepper and geranium and quickly gets intensified by yet more spices, as if saying, “Pepper alone won’t do it to be defiant enough, folks”. So you get hit by nutmeg and cloves and just a touch of cinnamon. It’s a debauchery of drunk spices. The sandalwood and patchouli come in at some point as if trying to keep the whole thing under control which they manage to do only to a degree. The drydown is very much a spicy, cinnamony geranium, just as bold and just as audacious. The debauchery lasts for hours, and you wake up the next day with an olfactory hangover. But I love it nonetheless, and that is the kind of scent I’d love to stink up the said office with for I know it will last and last and last. [...] […] Noir Epices (Black Spices) is created by Michel Roudnitska, the perfumer behind my favorite Amoureuse. Noir Epices is all about spices, with a chypre effect. It features the notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, orange, geranium, sandalwood, patchouli. What I love about it in particular is that it’s defiant. It’s one of those scents others will be likely to get really put off by while you’ll feel honored and proud to be its wearer. Or rather it will wear you. Do not attempt to subdue it for it will not oblige. If fragrances came with warning labels as far as wearability, it would undoubtedly come with a “Wear at your own risk” label. Noir Epices opens up with a nosehair-burning blast of pepper and geranium and quickly gets intensified by yet more spices, as if saying, “Pepper alone won’t do it to be defiant enough, folks”. So you get hit by nutmeg and cloves and just a touch of cinnamon. It’s a debauchery of drunk spices. The sandalwood and patchouli come in at some point as if trying to keep the whole thing under control which they manage to do only to a degree. The drydown is very much a spicy, cinnamony geranium, just as bold and just as audacious. The debauchery lasts for hours, and you wake up the next day with an olfactory hangover. But I love it nonetheless, and that is the kind of scent I’d love to stink up the said office with for I know it will last and last and last. […]

]]> By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1011 Ina Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:58:31 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1011 Yep! :) Yep! :)

]]> By: BBliss http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1009 BBliss Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:49:53 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1009 Ina, Great idea - hormones, heat and humidity are the cause! :) Ina, Great idea - hormones, heat and humidity are the cause! :)

]]> By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1001 Ina Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:46:17 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1001 BBliss, hmm, I haven't observed this type of reaction. The only perfume that's truly melancholy on me is Guerlain L'Heure Bleu. It must be your chemistry. But I also wonder if maybe the weather affects it? If not, then hormones. Blame everything on the hormones. ;) BBliss, hmm, I haven’t observed this type of reaction. The only perfume that’s truly melancholy on me is Guerlain L’Heure Bleu. It must be your chemistry. But I also wonder if maybe the weather affects it? If not, then hormones. Blame everything on the hormones. ;)

]]> By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1000 Ina Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:30:10 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-1000 Twibbet, how unfortunate and fortunate at the same time! :) I'm so going to try Debut soon. Bois de Paradis is another major winner. Twibbet, how unfortunate and fortunate at the same time! :) I’m so going to try Debut soon. Bois de Paradis is another major winner.

]]> By: Twibbet http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-999 Twibbet Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:17:25 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-999 I apparently am a DelRae sucker. I bought Amoureuse off the shelf after smelling it once - love the linden, love the honey, love how it just takes over for hours and hours. If only I didn't have to go to work, I could wear it all the time :) But then I got samples of Debut and Bois de Paradis from Aedes, and fell in love with the one marked Debut. Note my phrasing? My sweet husband bought me a bottle of Debut, at which time we realised Aedes had switched the labels on the samples. I had been in love with Bois de Paradis (the cinnamon should have tipped me off). However, I started using Debut in a dogged I-will-like-this sort of way, and I LOVE the drydown of it! It just does this wonderful sweet creamy musky thing on my skin. Mmmm. So I guess now I need a bottle of BdP as well. Darn it. I apparently am a DelRae sucker. I bought Amoureuse off the shelf after smelling it once - love the linden, love the honey, love how it just takes over for hours and hours. If only I didn’t have to go to work, I could wear it all the time :)

But then I got samples of Debut and Bois de Paradis from Aedes, and fell in love with the one marked Debut. Note my phrasing? My sweet husband bought me a bottle of Debut, at which time we realised Aedes had switched the labels on the samples. I had been in love with Bois de Paradis (the cinnamon should have tipped me off). However, I started using Debut in a dogged I-will-like-this sort of way, and I LOVE the drydown of it! It just does this wonderful sweet creamy musky thing on my skin. Mmmm. So I guess now I need a bottle of BdP as well. Darn it.

]]> By: BBliss http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-998 BBliss Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:12:46 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2006/08/08/amoureuse-by-parfums-delrae/#comment-998 I love the DelRae's - esp. this one and BdP. Here's the thing. They are so, so beautiful, but when I wear them I feel a little melancholy and wistful - almost like something isn't complete or finished. Weird, huh. Never had that happen with a perfume so disctinctly, or even a whole line for that matter. It hasn't stopped me completely from wearing them, but I did stop in mid-purchase - twice. Theories on this? Maybe my personal chemistry is just at odds with Michel R - ha, ha! I love the DelRae’s - esp. this one and BdP. Here’s the thing. They are so, so beautiful, but when I wear them I feel a little melancholy and wistful - almost like something isn’t complete or finished. Weird, huh. Never had that happen with a perfume so disctinctly, or even a whole line for that matter. It hasn’t stopped me completely from wearing them, but I did stop in mid-purchase - twice. Theories on this?
Maybe my personal chemistry is just at odds with Michel R - ha, ha!

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